Dear all, The deadline for abstract submission and applications for travel grant to the NSCMID meeting at the Åland Islands has been extended by a week. Kind regards, Ole Dear NSCMID Board Members, I would kindly like to ask you to share the attached NSCMID 2025 flyer and e-mail below, with your respective national organizations for clinical microbiology and infectious diseases. The flyer and letter include a reminder that the abstract submission deadline has been extended by one additional week, as well as information regarding available travel grants and the upcoming pre-course. Thank you in advance for your support in helping us reach a wider audience. Kind regards, Jessica Dear colleagues, We are pleased to share some important updates regarding the upcoming 41st Annual Meeting of the Nordic Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (NSCMID 2025), which will take place in Mariehamn, Åland, Finland, from August 28th to 31st, 2025. https://www.nscmid2025.fi/ Home - NSCMID 2025<https://www.nscmid2025.fi/> We are happy to invite you to the 41 st annual meeting of the Nordic Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, NSCMID 2025, in Mariehamn, Åland, August 28 - 31 2025.. Our aim is to make the programme of the NSCMID 2025 relevant for clinical microbiologists, infectious disease physicians, paediatricians and researchers, as well as others engaged in these fields of medicine. www.nscmid2025.fi Abstract submission deadline postponed The deadline for abstract submission has been postponed until May 19th, 2025. We warmly encourage you to submit abstracts and help make NSCMID 2025 a vibrant and diverse scientific meeting. Abstract categories include: 1. Viral infection 1. Bacterial and fungal infection 1. Bacterial susceptibility and resistance 1. Diagnostic microbiology 1. Infection prevention and infection control 1. Basic research 1. Tick-borne infection case reports 1. Other Travel grants for Early Career Scientists Travel grants are available for early career scientists who are NSCMID members and have submitted an abstract to NSCMID 2025. Each grant can be up to 1,000 €, or the amount of actual travel expenses—whichever is lower. Reimbursement will be based on submitted receipts for travel and accommodation costs. Detailed instructions, including where to send the receipts, will be provided to the selected recipients. Pre-course on tick-borne diseases (TBDs) In connection with the congress, a pre-course on tick-borne diseases (TBDs) will be held on the afternoon of Wednesday, August 27th, and the morning of Thursday, August 28th. The pre-course will cover the epidemiology, diagnostics, and clinical aspects of TBDs and will include a session dedicated to TBD case presentations. We encourage NSCMID 2025 participants to submit abstracts on interesting case reports related to tick-borne diseases. Topics may include Lyme borreliosis, tick-borne encephalitis (TBE), as well as emerging infections such as neoehrlichiosis, anaplasmosis, babesiosis, and others. These case reports should be submitted via the same abstract submission system (https://nscmid2025.fi/abstracts). The best case report will be rewarded with free participation in the next ETBD conference (the conference fee will be covered by ESGBOR). We look forward to receiving your abstracts and to seeing you in Mariehamn! Warm regards, Jessica Tikkala and Elisa Kortela, on behalf of the NSCMID 2025 Organizing Committee